Longlisted for the Orange Prize 2012, Island of Wings is a poignant and heartfelt historical novel set in the remotest part of the British Isles. A newly married couple find themselves tested in this harsh new environment, and find that marriage can be as treacherous as the seas all around them.

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The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty from Hyperion ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice of Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel, a moving portrait of life in blue-collar middle America.

In her new novel, Rosie Thomas (Sun at Midnight, Constance) delivers a multigenerational tale of enduring love. It all begins when Mair Ellis discovers in her father's house an exquisite shawl enforlding a lock of hair -- a discovery that will send her retracing her grandparents roots back to Kashmir.

Deep within the Wood, a young woman lies dead. Not a mark on her body. No trace of her murderer. Only her chipped glass slippers hint at her identity. Blending magic, heart-pounding suspense, and a dash of folklore, The Woodcutter is an extraordinary retelling of the realm of fairy tales.

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Fujisan by Randy Taguchi from AmazonCrossing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From acclaimed Japanese author Randy Taguchi come four unforgettable stories of redemption, discovery, and loss, anchored by one of the world's holiest peaks.

The Wanting Heart by Rionna Morgan from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Katherine White lives in a fast-paced world of rhinestones, hooves, and dreams come true. But will she survive a serial killer's stalking and find her heart's desire?

100 Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen from John Hunt Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Welcome to a purgatorial tour through 20th-century Japanese history, guided by an omniscient, ghostly geisha and her reluctant companion, a corrupt millionaire.

Old MacDonald Had a Dragon by Ken Baker by Patrick McDonnell from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (January 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Christopher Moore (Sacre Bleu, Practical Demonkeeping) turns his inventive wit to the world of whales. Marine biologist Nathan Quinn and his team investigate a mysteriously tattooed humpback and are soon pulled into a fantasia of ancient organisms and underwater civilizations.

Bettina Ballentyne is a chocolate heiress only by name; it is her glamorous and narcissistic mother, Babs, who lives up to the billing and plays by no one’s rules. Navigating a simultaneously treacherous and alluring landscape of wealth, sex, and decadence—first in her privileged childhood in Chicago and later at a top-tier east coast boarding school—Bettina must figure out how to reconcile her yearning for maternal affection with her mother’s take-no-prisoners-style parenting.

Ashley Prentice Norton’s unflinching eye and acerbic wit capture Bettina’s coming of age with the perfect mixture of tragic and comic. Simultaneously sassy, deeply twisted, and uproariously funny, the novel’s sharp and sparkly humor will have you laughing during its darkest moments. A mesmerizing portrayal of the corrosive effects of an American fortune, The Chocolate Money is a shocking and intensely readable debut.

Now with a brand new foreword from New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Zaslow.

FIRST YOU HAVE TO ROW A LITTLE BOAT first hit shelves in the mid 1990s and has been inspiring readers ever since.

Written by a grown man looking back on his childhood, it reflects on what learning to sail taught him about life: making choices, adapting to change, and becoming his own person. The book is filled with the spiritual wisdom and thought-provoking discoveries that marked such books as Walden, The Prophet, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. For nearly twenty years, it has enchanted and endeared sailors and non-sailors alike, but foremost, anyone who seeks large truths in small things.

This refurbished edition will find a place in the hearts of a whole new generation of readers.

The undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. A world where being nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012.

Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key-the prize in a very dangerous struggle.

This superb Pulitzer Prize–winning collection gives voice to failure with a wry, deft touch from one of this country’s most engaging and uncompromising poets.

In Failure, Philip Schultz evokes the pleasures of family,marriage, beaches, and dogs; New York City in the 1970s; revolutions both interior and exterior; and the terrors of 9/11 with a compassion that demonstrates he is a master of the bittersweet and fierce, the wondrous and direct, and the brilliantly provocative.

Filled with poems of “heartbreaking tenderness that [go] beyond mere pity” (Gerald Stern), Failure is a collection to savor from this major American poet.

From New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Michael Savage comes a high-intensity debut thriller, the story of a smeared network journalist who uncovers a chilling terrorist plot.

Jack Hatfield is a hardened former war correspondent who rose to national prominence for his insightful, provocative commentary. But after being smeared as a bigot and extremist by a radical leftist media-watchdog group, he ultimately loses his job and finds himself working in obscurity as a freelance news producer in San Francisco.

One afternoon Hatfield is on a ride-along with the SFPD bomb squad when a seemingly routine carjacking turns deadly, after police find several pounds of military-grade explosives in the jacked car. And when the FBI urges Hatfield to stay out of it, he knows he’s onto something big.

This event will open up a shadowy trail that leads Hatfield from San Francisco to Tel Aviv, London, Paris, and back again, as he works with a stunning Yemeni intelligence agent and a veteran Green Beret to expose a terrorist group known as the Hand of Allah—and a plot within the highest corridors of power that will dwarf 9/11.

Abuse of Power is a lightning-paced thriller, spanning the globe from Europe and Israel to the back alleys of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Jack Hatfield must make the choice between protecting his own life and investigating a terrorist cell whose goal is nothing less than total political control—no matter what the cost.

The day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally murdered with a gun shot to the head.

Now Karen’s powerful father calls on Pike (a former cop) and his partner, Elvis Cole, to keep an eye on the LAPD as they search for his daughter’s killer–because in the luminous City of Angels, everyone has secrets, and even the mighty blue have something to hide. But what starts as a little procedural hand-holding turns into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. For a dark web of conspiracy threatens to destroy Pike and Cole’s twelve-year friendship–if not their lives. And L.A. just might be singing their dirge.

Samantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She’s grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent breakup she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There’s something strange and mysterious about his eyes. Is it just her imagination, or are they locked on her neck?

Garrett Mortimer is a rogue hunter. His last assignment united Lucian Argeneau with his lifemate, and Mortimer is hoping this one will be less . . . adventurous. He’s here to track down a reported rogue, but fun in the sun is every bloodsucker’s nightmare. Worse, he can’t seem to get his mind off Samantha, especially when he spies her skinny-dipping in the lake. After eight hundred years as a bachelor, is he ready to turn a volatile attraction into a lasting love affair?

It's election night in the USA. Gustave Walberg becomes leader of the free world and legendary sniper and vietnam veteran Halden Corwin murders the president's daughter and son-in-law before disappearing into the night. Driven by events that took place over forty years ago, he now has the President's head in his sights.

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Mornings in Jenin: A Novel by Susan Abulhawa from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This multi-generational novel interweaves stories of love and loss in a Palestinian family, resulting in a fresh look at one of the defining conflicts of our times.

When the Duke of Blackheath arrives home to find a dangerous, vengeful woman awaiting him with pistol in hand, he never dreams that he has finally met his match.

Full Blooded (Jessica McClain) by Amanda Carlson from Orbit ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Family dynamics, werewolf politics, and dire prophecy combine to great effect in this bewitching, fast-paced adventure that leaves readers howling for more.

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen from Penguin Publishing ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, sixteen-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out...

This subtle and compelling novel depicts a story rich with symbolism, dark scenes of paralyzing dread, memorable characters, and gleams of humor.

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Against His Will by Trish Jensen from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 12)

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When Jake enlisted pet counselor Leanne to help him bond with the jowly bulldog he inherited, he wasn't expecting romance. Puppy love strikes humans in this sweet tale from Trish Jensen (Stuck With You, The Harder They Fall.)

Bleak Expectations is a fantastically funny and inventive novelisation of the hit Radio 4 comedy series of the same name. The story recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed family and thwart his evil nemesis.

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Faerie by Delle Jacobs from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Leonie of Bosewood carries Faerie blood in her veins, a secret she harbors to protect her own life. But alone, she isn't strong enough to combat a sorcerer intent on conquering the world.

Empire (Star Force Series) by B. V. Larson from Orbit ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Kyle Riggs has been away from home for a long time. Earth has fallen suspiciously quiet, and the few reports leaking out are strange, increasingly strange...

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As Stella watches her friend slowly unravel, she searches deep inside herself for the strength to be a true friend, even if it means committing the ultimate betrayal.

Evan knows people. His sister Jessie knows numbers. When the two of them bet on who can sell the most lemonade in the last days of summer vacation, it's all out war in this destined-to-be-classic story from Jacqueline Davies.

The first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series — The Maze Runner is a modern classic, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every thirty days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.

Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up — the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.

Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules

Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore’s Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.

Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollan’s newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation–the story of our most trusted food expert’s culinary education

Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida’s governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack’s clients — a man Jack believes is innocent — to die in the electric chair.

But when a psychopath bent on serving his own twisted version of justice places both Jack and Harry in extreme jeopardy, the two have nowhere to turn but to each other. Together they must find a way to overcome their cunning tormentor’s manipulation . . . even as the stakes are being raised to far more perilous heights.

From the author of the national bestseller F in Exams comes a brand new compendium of hilarious and inventive wrong test answers and homework hiccups.

Featuring gems from elementary school (“two halves make a whale”), middle grades (Q: What does “germinate” mean? A: To become a German citizen), and high school (Q: Fossil fuels are usually associated with which major type of rock? A: Classic rock), these 250 examples of creative invention are sure to charm anyone who has had to bluff or blunder their way through a test.

An epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller’s Wife

London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her.

Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses.

But hidden in the attic of popular author – and noted scientific speculator – H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything.

As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem – to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need…

Trapped in the Wars of the Roses, one woman finds herself sister to the queen…and traitor to the crown

Katherine Woodville’s sister never gave her a choice. A happy girl of modest means, Kate hardly expected to become a maker of kings. But when her sister impulsively marries King Edward IV in secret, Katherine’s life is no longer hers to control…

When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother’s stolen his girlfriend and car, and the nightmares of his best friend getting killed keep him completely spooked. But when he runs into Harper, a girl who despises him for rumors Travis started back in middle school, life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, he falls deeper in love with her and begins to find his way through the family meltdown, the post-traumatic stress and the possibility of a interesting future.

His sense of humor, sense of his own strength and incredible sense of honor make Travis an irresistible and eminently loveable hero in this fantastic and timely debut novel.

Bubbling cheese, golden bread crumbs, tender vegetables, and succulent meats – what’s not to like about casseroles? Comfort food just doesn’t get any cozier, or more convenient. Now, thanks to Maryana Vollstedt, busy cooks don’t have to call up Mom in order to make delicious one-dish meals for family and friends.

The Big Book of Casseroles boasts over 250 recipes (including low-fat and vegetarian dishes), plus handy planning, freezing, and storage tips. For hot-from-the-oven dinners equally at home in the dining room or on the kitchen table, cooks need look no further than The Big Book of Casseroles, because serious comfort food never goes out of style.

Where the best-selling Big Book of Casseroles brought bubbling cheese and golden bread crumbs, The Big Book of Soups and Stews brings succulent meats, tender vegetables, and creamy, savory goodness with 262 comforting recipes for soups, chowders, and stews.

From a hot and hearty stew for a cold night to a cool, refreshing Vichyssoise for a sizzling afternoon, there’s a recipe here for every occasion. Also included are nostalgic classics (like everyone’s favorite Chicken Noodle Soup) as well as innovative new creations inspired by the cuisines of the world—from Thai Ginger Chicken to Mexican Seafood.

With a wonderful selection of quick bread recipes and a crockpot full of tips and hints to help soup-makers hone their skills, The Big Book of Soups and Stews is the ultimate one-stop comfort food cookbook.

Now it is easy to look and feel beautiful, without spending a fortune. Did you know that a mix of equal parts vegetable oil and sugar is not only the cheapest way to exfoliate your face, but it’s also the best? Or that by combining specific amounts of sugar, water, and lemon juice, you can create a homemade “wax” and comfortably eliminate unwanted hair for over six?

Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take salt for granted, a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads, a word used casually in expressions (“salt of the earth,” take it with a grain of salt”) without appreciating their deeper meaning. However, as Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates in his world-encompassing new book, salt – the only rock we eat – has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind.

Salt: A World History is veined with colorful characters, from Li Bing, the Chinese bureaucrat who built the world’s first dam in 250 BC, to Pattillo Higgins and Anthony Lucas who, ignoring the advice of geologists, drilled an east Texas salt dome in 1901 and discovered an oil reserve so large it gave birth to the age of petroleum. From the sinking salt towns of Cheshire in England to the ancient salt work in southern San Francisco Bay; from the remotest islands in the Caribbean where roads are made of salt to rural Sichaun province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

Los Angeles D.A. Rachel Knight is a tenacious, wise-cracking, and fiercely intelligent prosecutor in the city’s most elite division. When her colleague, Jake, is found dead at a grisly crime scene, Rachel is shaken to the core. She must take over his toughest case: the assault of a young woman from a prominent family.

But she can’t stop herself from digging deeper into Jake’s death, a decision that exposes a world of power and violence and will have her risking her reputation–and her life–to find the truth.

With her tremendous expertise in the nuances of L.A. courts and crime, and with a vibrant ensemble cast of characters, Marcia Clark combines intimate detail, riotous humor, and visceral action in a debut thriller that marks the launch of a major new figure on the crime-writing scene.

Nile Nightingale, a troubled man in search of refuge, arrives in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec: a remote land home to rare wildlife and a violent hunting community. He soon finds haven, in the form of a run-down country church for sale. Until, that is, he stumbles upon something in its snow-covered graveyard.

18 months ago, stockbroker Jake Crosby and his daughter Katy narrowly survived a living nightmare at a remote Alabama hunting camp. But he can't shake the feeling that the horror isn’t over, that Katy and his wife, Morgan, aren’t yet safe--and that retribution is coming.

Bestselling supernatural suspense author Ted Dekker (The Sanctuary, Thr3e) continues his epic collabroation with Tosca Lee to deliver another terrifying tale of a brave new future world where only a handful of awakened mortals stand against an Order dedicated to maintain death's strange status quo.

Darkly handsome and rich beyond imagining, the bold English conqueror was called “the Black Lyon” for his lionlike ferocity. He had no match among enemies, or women . . . until he met Lyonene, the green-eyed beauty whose fiery spirit equaled his own.

Through a whirlwind romance and stormy marriage, she endured every peril to be by his side, until vicious lies and jealousy drove her into danger. Now only the fierce Black Lyon can save her—for he alone has the courage to destroy the ruthless plot threatening to shatter the bond of love the Lyon and his lady vowed would never be broken . . .

A woman who could not be conquered . . .
A love that was never forsaken . . .
A land that will not be forgotten . . .

For beautiful Morgan Wakefield, the enchanted land is the ranch in New Mexico her father has left her. But the only way for her to inherit is if she lives there for a year with a husband. And so Morgan proposes a marriage of convenience to a man she just met—handsomely rugged rancher Seth Colter.

In Seth’s powerful embrace, Morgan discovers a passion she never knew existed, and an unexpected new love blossoms between them. But devastating challenges and betrayal conspire against these lovers, and they will have to fight for a future together on this wild, enchanted land.

An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent “suicides” suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia — a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton’s loved ones.

A small town is being transformed into a killing ground. And the key to a sadistic murderer’s motive and identity may be held in the unsteady hands of a campus security guard — a former police detective driven from the force by the hellish memories that will never leave her. Lena Adams survived the unthinkable and has paid a devastating price. Now the survival of future victims may depend upon her … when she can barely protect herself.

Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton—the town’s pediatrician and medical examiner—finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy.

What seemed at first to be a horrific but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications. The autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse, of ritualistic self -mutilation, but when Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, they are frustrated at every turn.

The children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime, one far more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Meanwhile, detective Lena Adams, still recovering from her sister’s death and her own brutal attack, finds herself drawn to a young man who might hold the answers. But unless Lena, Sara, and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it’s going to happen again . .

The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, the town’s pediatrician and coroner, finds Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously raped, Sibyl has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it’s only once Sara starts to perform the postmortem that the full extent of the killer’s brutality starts to become clear.

Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Sara’s ex-husband, is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, he has to face the fact that Sibyl’s murder wasn’t a single personal attack. They’re dealing with a sadistic rapist-turned-killer who is terrorizing rural Grant County.

Jeffrey isn’t alone in his search. Lena Adams, the county’s sole female detective, wants to see justice done since her sister was the first victim. Sara, too, cannot escape the terror. A secret from her past could hold the key to finding the killer, unless he finds her first.

The first and only vampire book to be declassifiedby the federal government…

Felix Gomez went to Iraq a soldier. He came back a vampire.

Now he finds himself pulled into a web of intrigue when an old friend prompts him to investigate an outbreak of nymphomania at the secret government facilities in Rocky Flats. He’ll find out the cause of all these horny women or die trying! But first he must contend with shadowy government agents, Eastern European vampire hunters, and women who just want his body…

Skewering sexual myths, conspiracy fables, and government bureaucracy, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats reveals the bizarre world of the undead with a humorous slant and a fresh twist.

When Felix Gomez returned from the War in Iraq with a disdain for daylight and a raging thirst for blood, he knew he couldn’t settle for an ordinary 9-to-5 job. So after his discharge, the newly undead ex-infantryman chose the career that he felt best suited his vampiric tendencies: private detective.

Now he’s been approached by sexy porn star Katz Meow, who wants Felix to investigate the murder of her once-equally agile friend and fellow toiler in the video sex-biz, Roxy Bronze. But his investigation into L.A.’s hardcore jungle is turning into a triple x-rated nightmare populated by hot babes, sleazy producers, sleazier politicians, sham evangelicals, and fanatical secret societies. And here on the seamy underside of Tinseltown, “immortal” doesn’t necessarily mean “unkillable.”

Today that battle comes to town with the sound of lone footsteps clacking down the blacktop on a hot, lazy summer afternoon. The black-cloaked man arrives in the sleepy town of Paradise and manages to become the talk of the town within the hour. Bearing the power to grant any unfulfilled dream, he is irresistible.

Seems like bliss . . . but is it?
Or is hell about to break loose in Paradise?

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape.

Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright’s powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

“It was like watching a train wreck. I wanted to look away but couldn’t take my eyes off them.”

IF ONLY …If only I hadn’t gone to that party. I never would have seen what I did. Jackson wouldn’t have driven me home. I wouldn’t have started to fall for a guy just out of reform school. I could go back to pretending everything was normal. I wouldn’t be keeping a secret from my mom that could blow our family apart ….

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston’s beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston’s masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published — perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.

When Nestor and Philomena meet by chance on the streets of 1960s Bombay, their attraction changes their lives forever. Spanning two continents and following a story of love, loss and politics against a backdrop of turbulent societies, God on Every Wind is a powerful debut novel exploring the possibilities and limitations of individual and political revolution.

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Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke from Simon and Schuster ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Radio/TV host Glenn Beck teams up with author Harriet Parke for a dystopian thriller set in a world governed by a UN-led program called "Agenda 21."

Love Restored by Lieze Gerber from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

The Good Braider by Cathleen Davitt Bell from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Teen Deal of the Day (January 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Terry Farish's The Good Braider blends unforgettable imagery and a strikingly original voice to tell a young immigrant's story of life on the cusp of two cultures.

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My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala from Bellebooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 16)

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Meet Tara Luna, a high-school senior with the usual teen angst. In addition, though, she has a few unique problems caused by her psychic powers -- including the presence of a young girl's ghost forcing Tara to solve her murder. Irresistible paranormal sleuthing with an unforgettable character from fan-favorite storyteller Sharon Sala.